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fain

英 [feɪn]

美 [feɪn]

adv.  欣然; 乐意地

BNC.49172 / COCA.31712

牛津词典

    adv.

    • 欣然;乐意地
      willingly or with pleasure
      1. I would fain do as you ask.
        听候你的吩咐。

    英英释义

    adj

    adv

    • in a willing manner
      1. this was gladly agreed to
      2. I would fain do it
      Synonym:gladlylief

    双语例句

    • The prime minister himself would fain wait upon him at breakfast.
      首相很乐意亲自伺候他吃早餐。
    • Is not remorse the justice which is administered by that very law which you would fain serve?
      难道悔恨不正是你们所侍奉的法律实施的公正?
    • I have thought of it often, often, when watching with pitiful eyes those who were struggling with sorrow, suffering, and distress; and I would fain cut short the discipline and give deliverance.
      我把这事想了又想。许多时侯我们看见人们在忧愁,困苦,艰难中挣扎,我们觉得很是可怜;我们常愿意把神的法则变更,给他们属人的帮助。
    • Her hope was, that Linton might be left with him, as he had been with her: his father, she would fain convince herself, had no desire to assume the burden of his maintenance or education.
      她的希望是把林惇交给他,就像他从前和她在一起一样;她自己也情愿相信,这孩子的父亲根本不想担起抚养和教育他的义务。
    • As well as having an aptitude for mathematics, Mr Fain é also cites the homespun wisdom of his mother, who ran a dairy shop in Barcelona and taught him the importance of pricing goods, discounting and bargaining.
      除了具备数学方面的天赋,费恩还大谈他母亲身上那种朴素的智慧。他母亲在巴塞罗那开了一间乳品店,教给了他商品定价、打折和讨价还价的重要性。
    • We made her stop: she'd fain have ridden forwards, afeard you should be uneasy.
      是我们叫她停下来的。她想骑马向前去,又怕你不放心。
    • I would fain say something, not so much concerning the Chinese and Sandwich Islanders as you who read these pages, who are said to live in New England;
      我愿意民谈及的这些事,与中国和三维治岛居民并无多大关联,而与你们这些读者&据说是居住在新英格兰的人却关联很大;
    • Fain would we await the time when due respect shall be paid to our art and ideals.
      我们将欣然等待我们的艺术与理想得到应有尊重的那一天。
    • As we walked home, I would fain have enlightened my charge on the characters of the people we had quitted; but she got it into her head that I was prejudiced against them.
      在我们走回来的时候,我真想谈谈我们刚离开的这些人的性格,以此来开导开导我所照顾的人;可是她已经有了成见,反倒说我对他们有偏见了。
    • And I fain would have you lose your hearts in the singing.
      我愿你们全心全意地歌唱它,不愿你们在歌唱时迷失自己的心。